Boston gets all the attention, but almost exactly a year after the Boston Tea Party, there was another almost identical event, this time at Greenwich in New Jersey, on 22 December 1774. Wikipedia page is here.
One of those who took part, disguised as a Native American, was Dr Thomas Ewing (1748-1782).
"There is record of one James Ewing who was born at Glasgow, Scotland about 1650. His son Findley removed to Londonderry, Ireland in 1690 and there married Jane Porter.
Findley Ewing was a staunch Presbyterian and an ardent advocate of liberty. For his distinguished bravery at the battle of the Boyne, a notable struggle between William III and James II, he was presented with a sword by King William.
This token of military merit, afterward found its way to this country and was worn during our Revolutionary War by Dr. Thomas Ewing an army surgeon and great grandson of its original owner.
By him it was bequeathed as a highly prized family treasure to his son Dr. William Belford Ewing".
• Photo of the Greenwich Tea Burning monument from this website; among those named on it are Thomas Ewing and James Ewing.
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